Agathaeromys praeuniversitatis Zijlstra et al. 2010 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: J. S. Zijlstra, P. A. Madern, and L. W. Hoek Ostende. 2010. New genus and two new species of Pleistocene oryzomyines (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Journal of Mammalogy 91(4):860-873

Belongs to Agathaeromys according to J. S. Zijlstra et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Agathaeromys donovani

Type specimen: RGM 444401, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is Seroe Grandi, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill horizon in the Netherlands Antilles.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Netherlands Antilles (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Holocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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